A Film to Remind Us of Utopia (2026)

In Esdras Baptista's film archives, kept at his home for decades, one can feel the fervor of those who believed in a new tomorrow. Filmed in Brazil in the early 1960s, in the heat of a libertarian political movement, the filmmaker's images materialize the incandescence of collective desires at the historic moment of their emergence. Utopia, though unattainable, is never a mere abstraction. A force that mobilizes actions and feelings, it constitutes the impetus necessary for human existence.

Cast (11)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

J

João Luiz Vieira

Narrator

F

Francisco Julião

Self (archive footage)

Rafael de Carvalho

Self (archive footage)

Helena Ignez

Self (archive footage)

Oduvaldo Vianna Filho

Self (archive footage)

Joel Barcellos

Self (archive footage)

Jorge Coutinho

Self (archive footage)

Armando Costa

Self (archive footage)

João Goulart

Self (archive footage)

Tancredo Neves

Self (archive footage)

E

Esdras Baptista

Self (archive footage)

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